Research Article

Microbial Safety of Low Water Activity Foods: Study of Simulated and Durban Household Samples

Table 3

Populations of S. aureus ATCC 25923 and B. cereus in almond butter at varying concentrations of sugar stored at 18°C.

Concentration of sucrose at 18°C to 20°C Populations (Log CFU/g) over storage time (days)
17142128

S. aureus ATCC 25923
0%5,345,255,234,733,59
12%5,0334,322,72NDND
20%4,72NDNDNDND

B. cereus
0%5,0334,744,53NDND
12%4,564,143,453,303,00
20%3,172,88NDNDND

(1) Means with same superscript letters in rows within pathogen are not significantly different . (2) Means . (3) ND: not detected; ns: no significance.